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PayPal (PYPL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$59.24 +0.28 (+0.47%)
Closing price 11/6/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$59.10 -0.14 (-0.24%)
As of 11/6/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
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About PayPal Stock (NASDAQ:PYPL)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$57.57
▼
$59.82
50-Day Range
$52.17
▼
$60.20
52-Week Range
$38.46
▼
$67.99
Volume
7.44 million shs
Average Volume
11.82 million shs
Market Capitalization
$49.21 billion
P/E Ratio
10.97
Dividend Yield
0.95%
Price Target
$55.94
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a global digital payments platform that helps consumers and businesses send and receive payments online and in person. Its services include PayPal checkout and digital wallets, Venmo peer-to-peer payments, Braintree payment processing for merchants, and Xoom international money transfers.

The company traces its roots to Confinity, founded in 1998, and the online payments business that developed through its merger with X.com. PayPal became part of eBay in 2002 and was spun off as an independent public company in 2015.

PayPal serves consumers and merchants in markets around the world, providing tools for online checkout, payment processing, money transfers and related financial services.

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PayPal Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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76th Percentile Overall Score

PYPL MarketRank™: 
3.80862278686 of 5 stars

PayPal scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 362nd out of 846 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    PayPal has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.04, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 32 hold ratings, and 6 sell ratings.

  • Downside Risk

    PayPal has a consensus price target of $55.94, representing about 5.6% downside from its current price of $59.24.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    PayPal has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about PayPal's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for PayPal are expected to grow by 5.55% in the coming year, from $5.59 to $5.90 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of PayPal is 11.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.50.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of PayPal is 11.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.24.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    PayPal has a PEG Ratio of 1.24. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    PayPal has a P/B Ratio of 2.53. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.21% of the float of PayPal has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    PayPal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.79, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in PayPal has recently decreased by 8.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    PayPal has a dividend yield of 0.95%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    PayPal does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of PayPal is 10.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, PayPal will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.49% next year. This indicates that PayPal will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about PayPal's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    PayPal has a news sentiment score of 0.72. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 41 news articles for PayPal this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    60 people have searched for PYPL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 58% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    35 people have added PayPal to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, PayPal insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $768,417.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.63% of the stock of PayPal is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    68.32% of the stock of PayPal is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about PayPal's insider trading history.
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PYPL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

PayPal's stock was trading at $58.38 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, PYPL shares have increased by 1.5% and is now trading at $59.24.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 27th. The credit services provider reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.14. PayPal's revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis.
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PayPal subsidiaries include HONEY, gopay, Simility, hyperWALLET Systems, Jetlore, iZettle, Swift Capital, and more.

Top institutional investors of PayPal include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.25%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.12%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.10%) and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Jonathan Auerbach, Frank Keller, Peggy Alford, Aaron Webster, Suzan Kereere, Gail J Mcgovern, Diego Scotti, Deborah M Messemer and Chris Natali.
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Shares of PYPL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PayPal investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Block (XYZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Record date for 9/25 Dividend
9/04/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend
9/04/2026
Dividend Payable
9/25/2026
Last Earnings
10/27/2026
Today
11/07/2026
KBW Fintech Ecosystem Conference 2026
11/10/2026
Record date for 12/24 Dividend
12/04/2026
Ex-Dividend for 12/24 Dividend
12/04/2026
Dividend Payable
12/24/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-Industry
Transaction & Payment Processing Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PYPL
Previous Symbol
NASDAQ:PYPL
CIK
1633917
Fax
N/A
Employees
23,800
Year Founded
1998

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$80.00
Low Price Target
$32.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-5.6%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.04
Research Coverage
46 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$5.24
Trailing P/E Ratio
10.97
Forward P/E Ratio
10.04
P/E Growth
1.23
Net Income
$5.23 billion
Net Margins
13.78%
Pretax Margin
16.63%
Return on Equity
24.39%
Return on Assets
5.97%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.56
Current Ratio
1.26
Quick Ratio
1.26

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$33.17 billion
Price / Sales
1.48
Cash Flow
$6.54 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.06
Book Value
$23.45 per share
Price / Book
2.53

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
830,660,000
Free Float
825,425,000
Market Cap
$49.21 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.33

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This page (NASDAQ:PYPL) was last updated on 11/6/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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